Bengaluru: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) has arrested a resident of Sullia taluk’s Sampaje in D.K district in the murder case of senior journalist Gauri Lankesh.

The US on Friday said that the first edition of the US-India 2+2 strategic dialogue will be held in the national capital on September 6. "The US is pleased to announce that the inaugural US-India 2+2 Dialogue will be held in New Delhi, India, on September 6," a statement said.

Three persons, including a couple, were killed on the spot in a horrific road accident between a truck and a canter in Shira on Friday morning.

The deceased have been identified as residents of Karur village in Ranebennur Hanumantharaju (40), his wife Radha (35) and KR Nagar resident Canter driver Lokesh (34).

The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) members walked out of the Lok Sabha on Friday as the House began a debate on a no-confidence motion moved by the opposition against Prime Minister Narendra Modis government.

Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said the discussion on the no trust motion would continue for the entire day and the vote would take place at 6 p.m.

After grabbing headlines for showing results related to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the search of the word "Feku" in May, Google algorithms are again hogging the limelight. This time for showing images of US President Donald Trump for a search of the word "idiot".

A Tenka Yedapadavu resident who had gone missing in Tirupati while travelling in train five days ago, located in Chennai. The missing person was Subraya Karant (78), a resident of Shibrikere in Chennai.

At least eight persons have died and over 10 injured in a tourist boat accident in the US state of Missouri, said an official.

According to Southern Stone County Fire Protection spokesman Eric Nielsen, the incident occurred on Thursday on the Table Rock Lake near Branson, CNN reported. There were more than 20 people onboard when it capsized, Nielsen said.

Swamijis of various mutts are in news for all wrong reasons now. Raghaveshwara Swamiji of Ramachandrapura Mutt faced rape charges and had to attend court in connection with that. The court finally ruled the swamiji had ‘illicit and immoral’ relationship with the survivor. Yet, he continues to be in the chair. Babas and self-declared godmen in North India are being jailed one after another over sex related charges. Mutts that had to be centres of spirituality and philosophy are becoming centres of politics, controversy, with even rape charges included. People have begun to view these places with suspicion.